Biographical note

Norean Radke Sharpe is Professor of Statistics and Operations Research in the Mathematics and Science Division at Babson College in Babson Park, Massachusetts. Carol H. Fuller is the Executive Director of the National Institute of Independent Colleges and Universities. In 1994, Sharpe and Fuller participated in the Statistics in the Liberal Arts Workshop (SLAW), an annual meeting of liberal arts statisticians seeking to improve undergraduate statistics education.

Collection description

This collection (1994-1995) contains two published articles which trace the doctoral productivity of women doctorates in the physical sciences and engineering for the years 1976 through 1992. They examine the relationship between women doctoral students and their institution, and the impact of women's colleges and institutions on their careers. The authors then call for further research into the gender balance ratio and the doctoral success rate.